Iceland vs Switzerland: Annual change in primary energy from coal
Iceland
-0.3338 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Switzerland
-0.1883 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Iceland rank
44th
Switzerland rank
41st
Annual change in primary energy from coal over time
- Iceland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports -0.1883 terawatt-hours against -0.3338 terawatt-hours in Iceland, a difference of 0.1455 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 23 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 44th and Switzerland ranks 41st of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.013 terawatt-hours | -1.5 terawatt-hours | 1.48 terawatt-hours | Iceland |
| 1970s | 0.0159 terawatt-hours | -0.6131 terawatt-hours | 0.629 terawatt-hours | Iceland |
| 1980s | 0.0609 terawatt-hours | 0.1422 terawatt-hours | 0.0813 terawatt-hours | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.0003 terawatt-hours | -0.3036 terawatt-hours | 0.3039 terawatt-hours | Iceland |
| 2000s | 0.0233 terawatt-hours | 0.0619 terawatt-hours | 0.0387 terawatt-hours | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.0278 terawatt-hours | -0.0653 terawatt-hours | 0.0931 terawatt-hours | Iceland |
| 2020s | -0.0645 terawatt-hours | -0.0906 terawatt-hours | 0.0261 terawatt-hours | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from coal, Iceland or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at -0.1883 terawatt-hours against -0.3338 terawatt-hours in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from coal between Iceland and Switzerland?
- 0.1455 terawatt-hours, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Switzerland?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Switzerland rank globally for annual change in primary energy from coal?
- Iceland ranks 44th and Switzerland ranks 41st of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.